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after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u—turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference and insisted "we must stay the course". the address was interrupted by greenpeace protesters, but the prime minister went on to defend her determination to cut taxes in order to stimulate growth. she said she had a clear strategy to get britain moving, and that while not everyone would be in favour of her plans, everyone would benefit. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has this report. she entered with the deliberate stride of someone trying to recover an already faltering premiership. morning. exactly one month into the job, she has been blamed for economic turmoil, been forced to u—turn on one of her signature policies. there's been open dissent within her cabinet. just today, a poll has suggested she's already less popular than borisjohnson, theresa may orjeremy corbyn ever were, so this was liz truss�*s moment to steady the ship.

in these tough times, we need to step up. i'm determined to get britain moving, to get us through the tempest and to put us on a stronger footing as a nation. i believe that you know best how to spend your own money to get on in life and to realise your ambitions. applause heckling but she was soon interrupted, protesters unhappy about her plan to allow more fracking for gas. some in the party are uneasy about it too. it could be just one of many policies that stir opposition. it will be difficult. whenever there's change, there is disruption, and not everybody will be in favour of change, but everyone will benefit from the result — a growing economy and a better future. so she laid out her plan. i have three priorities for our economy —

growth, growth and growth! she's already ditched her tax cuts for the richest in the face of pressure but said lower taxes are her priority. cutting taxes is the right thing to do, morally and economically. morally, because the state doesn't spend its own money, it spends the people's money. economically, because if people keep more of their own money, they're inspired to do more of what they do best. that's what grows the economy. what had spooked the markets was the sense that this wasn't a prudent way to run things. we will keep an iron grip on the nation's finances. i believe in fiscal responsibility. i believe in getting value for the taxpayer. i believe in sound money and a lean state. so liz truss says she will shake up the status quo. together, we can unleash the full

potential of our great country. that is how we will build a new britain for a new era. applause the still unanswered question is how all this will be paid for. will it mean more borrowing and spending cuts? can it really deliver growth? really terrific speech. very clear on what the tory party stands for. it's a tax—cutting party, but also a party that supports people when they need support, as with the energy bills. do you want your photograph? fire away. a really wonderful speech. go, liz, go. we will see in a few weeks. we will see how the mp5 react as parliament — we will see how the mp5 react as parliament comes— we will see how the mp5 react as parliament comes back. - but at the moment, i'm pretty confident she will last at least| till christmas — at the moment. so uncertainty hangs over liz truss. how long will both the markets

and her own restive mps give her to show that she can deliver? damian grammaticas, bbc news. we will take a few minutes to get reaction to that speech. in a few minutes�* time, i will speak to someone who was in the hall listening to that speech. earlier, we heard from seb payne, whitehall editor for the financial times. he told us about the message the prime minister wanted to convey in her speech. the because she put out is her radical economic agenda, and you heard it in her slogan, which was, growth, growth, growth, and she set out what was an antigrowth economic group, it was her enemies, all the kind of people who have come out opposing the tax—cutting agenda, the small state programme she has been trying to pursue. so it was very a logical speech but also pretty personal one too. liz truss did talk a lot about her upbringing, about

shops being boarded up, in paisley in scotland, where she spent some her childhood, so this was her chance to introduce her to the wider party in the nation. she has done that, but she has had to reflect the market turmoil that followed that mini budget last week, and it has been a very traumatic conservative party conference for one tory donor i spoke last night said it was probably the worst he had been to in 50 odd years, in terms of party unity and strife of purpose, but i think liz truss has stabilised the situation for now. i think they will not be this immediate push against her when westminster returns next week, but they're still very big questions about this economic agenda. is it going to work? and, crucially, is it going add up? sebastian payne. we also spoke to has ahmed, former campaign adviser for rishi sunak during the tory leadership race. we asked him what he thought of the prime minister's speech.

liz truss, given the week that she's had, and the u—turn of the 45p tax rate, all things considering, liz truss gave a really good speech. and from speaking with members and everybody else, we felt really united and behind liz truss. we know, as the previous speaker before me just said, that it will take some time. 2023 is, of course, very ambitious, but she is an ambitious prime minister who wants to get things done and get on with the job and get the country moving. the conference, after the prime minister's speech, we feel that she really has come back stronger and of course given the party and members hope. and despite whatever the polls say at the moment, of course we love the polls, everybody is looking at them right now, but we are quite far away from the next general election and the prime minister has a lot of time to deliver on some of the things that she said. has ahmed. as promised, let's talk to someone who was in the conference hall. let's talk to harriet line, deputy political editor with the daily mail. afternoon to you. first of all, because you were there, i am just early interested in the mood, the atmosphere going to this speech. it felt like there was some much riding

on it. what was your sense of what the people around you were hoping to hear and what they were anticipating? . hear and what they were anticipating?— hear and what they were anticipating? hear and what they were antici atina ? , ., ., , anticipating? , there is no doubt it was a chaotic— anticipating? , there is no doubt it was a chaotic conference, - anticipating? , there is no doubt it was a chaotic conference, and - anticipating? , there is no doubt it i was a chaotic conference, and going into it, there was a lot riding on it. she really had to deliver a message that would try and unite the party, and i think she will be pleased with how it went. there was a lot of applause, they were stating ovation for her. speeches are not liz truss's strong point, we know that, especially after her predecessor borisjohnson. yeah, there was a lot of support within there was a lot of support within the hall. i actually think the greenpeace protests actually strengthen the unity of the party members watching in asia think she will be too unhappy with how that went stop what it is interesting you mentioned that about the protest, because we are wondering about that, people galvanise around her and almost felt sorry for her there had been that protest, short but loud, really. it been that protest, short but loud, reall . been that protest, short but loud, reall. _ been that protest, short but loud, reall. , ~ been that protest, short but loud, reall. _ ~ , been that protest, short but loud, reall. ~ , , really. it was policy like, but is that what _

really. it was policy like, but is that what you _ really. it was policy like, but is that what you have _ really. it was policy like, but is| that what you have anticipated? really. it was policy like, but is i that what you have anticipated? it was policy light, but we have had a lot of policy from the government the last week or two, and part of herjob would have been to not say something to upset the markets further. there was no chance we were going to get stronger economic policy. we have had that already and have seen we not- . - - policy. we have had that already and have seen we no get . - - more than was there, but little bit more than was there, but i think her integral coalition, �* interest in something of interest in that speech, does that the conservatives, she speech, does that the conservatives, party, e her party, side, labour, unions, people she wants to moving, as she in =z= trying growth go|ng eeyeeg e1; growth go|ng eeyeeg e0 jsee eeojee eek; eeyereg es jeee gagging.“ she is trying to get that going and get a party going and regain what do you think that antigrowth to tigrowth t: a if to tigrowth t: a i or say

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opinions are my opinions, you've know what they are all summer, this is what i want to do with the economy, yes, i did have to backtrack on the 45p thing, but apart from that i am jolly will sticking to my guns? is that her mentor right now?— sticking to my guns? is that her mentor right now? yeah, she is very determined — mentor right now? yeah, she is very determined on _ mentor right now? yeah, she is very determined on those _ mentor right now? yeah, she is very determined on those policy - mentor right now? yeah, she is veryj determined on those policy pledges. i would not be surprised if we saw the government backtrack on the proposals... perhaps not across the board on benefits, but i think she is determined she cannot have another u—turn. it is kind of a likeable approach. —— whack a mole approach, from tory mps, that they will go to another issue, and her pet ability will be chipped away at and chipped away at and it is crucial now for liz truss to get a grip of her party, frankly, to backing her stub there is a view that they are becoming a bit of an ungovernable rabble and if they do not get a grip on it and they do not

chase unity, they can have a case of handing number10 chase unity, they can have a case of handing number 10 over to labour. we handing number10 overto labour. we will talk again. thank you, harriet. that was harriet line, deputy political editor at the daily mail, who was at that speech. were rising globally and were a matter for in her speech, the prime minister stressed that interest rates were rising globally and were a matter for the independent bank of england. figures released today show that mortgage lenders have increased rates to their highest level for ia years. 0ur personal finance correspondent kevin peachey gave us more details. yeah. well, if we look back, then we would see a typical two—year fixed rate mortgage hasn't reached the 6% mark since november 2008. you remember that financial crisis. but now that's happened again, it's happened today. so we're at 6.07% for a typical two—year fixed rate deal.

and people are looking at that, of course, and seeing it's got a lot higher than it was back in december. we've had a series of interest rate rises, and so it's gone up steadily since then. but of course since the mini budget just less than two weeks ago, there's been boosters put on it. really it's meant that lenders have looked at the situation, have pulled deals, hundreds of deals off the shelf to reprice them and then they come back at this more expensive rate. and, clearly, who's that affecting? well, it's affecting first time buyers who are looking to get their first mortgage for theirfirst home. and it's affecting about 100,000 or so homeowners who are coming to the end of their fixed rate deal. and they're looking at something when they remortgage, which is considerably higher than they used to. because, of course, we've had a decade or so of extremely low rates, ultra low rates, if you like, which many say would have been corrected in time. but this has happened probably a lot

quicker than many brokers, many, many in the mortgage sector themselves were ever expecting. 0ur personal—finance correspondent kevin peachey. now we turn to ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky says his country's forces are making rapid and powerful advances into occupied territory, following successful attempts to disrupt russian supply lines. he says dozens of settlements have been liberated this week, including a string of villages in the southern region of kherson. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. slava ukraini. ukraine is taking back its land. village by village, soldiers are moving forward, also in the south. this is novopetrivka in kherson, now liberated from russian forces. the ukrainian advance has been quick. president putin's troops have been forced to abandon places they had held since the early days

of the war. ukraine is also on the move in the east. we are going to win! but liberation often comes with destruction. lyman, a town in donetsk, was a major logistics hub for the invading forces. as the russians fled, this is what they left behind — anti—tank mines and even some of their own. in his evening address, president zelensky said the offensive was fast and powerful. translation: our warriors do not| stop, and it's only a matter of time before we oust the occupier from all our land. we have seen significant changes on the front lines, but ukraine still faces big challenges to retake its territory as russian forces are digging in at new positions, hoping to stop this advance. these setbacks are humiliating for president putin, who is claiming land his troops don't even control. vladimir vladimirovich putin.

the losses haven't stopped him. today, he formalised the annexation of four regions of ukraine, including areas where russian forces are retreating — a declaration kyiv says has no legal value. this is how ukraine is responding — by bringing back its flag to places president putin said would be forever russian. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. hugo bachega there in ukraine. the time now 5:17pm. these are tonight's headlines. after a u—turn on tax, and rows about a possible squeeze on benefits, the prime minister talked about growth and focused on trying to sell her economic vision. ukraine's president says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances and have liberated dozens of villages from russian forces. another day of disruption for rail passengers, as 9,000 train drivers take part

in a strike about pay. aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of people in somalia face starvation unless international help is stepped up within weeks. the country is facing its worst drought in a0 years. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reported on somalia's famine in 2011 and has returned to visit the worst affected area. he spoke to the children's charity unicef. we need more supplies. we need more actors on the ground and people moving around to provide support to the population. 0r localized famine will turn into something much bigger. definitely. well, andrewjoined us earlier and told us why it's difficult to help those in somalia.

the frustration, i think, for many aid organizations and governments is that this has not been a surprise. we've known for a couple of years that the rains have been failing and that the forecasts have been very grim. so somalia has been heading down this road for a while and there is frustration that the aid hasn't been there in place before it got to the state. in place before it got to the state it is in now, really on the border of famine in some areas already in the south and south west. will they declare a famine soon? that could happen in the meantime. the problem, the real problem for somalia, is that it's a very difficult country to help. it's in a state of conflict. it means, for instance, in baidoa, the city that we went, trucks with aid can't simply drive along the road from the coast, from the ports, because they'll be intercepted by islamist militant al—shabab. the aid won't be allowed to get through. something like half of those that we understand are in desperate need of aid, families

living out in rural areas, are in places that are behind the lines, if you like, controlled by the militants of al—shabab. and it's very difficult for aid organizations, somali orforeign, to get through there safely to deliver the aid that is so badly needed. andrew harding there, talking about the situation in smalley f. —— somalia. rail passengers across britain are facing further disruption because of another 24—hour strike. about 9,000 train drivers, who are members of the aslef union, have walked out in a long—running dispute about pay. some members of the tssa union are also taking part in strike action today. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports from birmingham. train services have been brought to a halt again across much of the country as the latest strike hits the railway. with drivers on strike, the train companies affected can only run limited services or nothing at all, and some major stations, including birmingham new street, are closed, no trains coming in or out today.

we had to get the bus from stourbridge today, which has taken about two hours when i'd normally get here in about half an hour, so i'm half an hour late for work today. i have a restaurantjust on the other side of the train station and it'll be a bit slow today with the lack of footfall. the train drivers' union says its members need a pay rise. drivers are genuinely gutted that they are going on strike. i think there's a feeling that we need to resolve this. nobody wants to be here. there are no winners in this at all. the rail industry is under pressure to save money following the impact of the pandemic. the group which speaks for train companies says reforms must be agreed to afford higher pay so that taxpayers and passengers don't pay more. the new transport secretary spoke at the conservative party conference in birmingham yesterday afternoon. let's find a landing zone which we can all work with. punishing passengers and inflicting damage on our economy by striking is not the answer.

as a former trade secretary, i know something about making deals, and i can tell you that there is a deal to be done between the unions and our train operators. it's a deal that will require compromise. aslef says it's happy to keep talking, but there need to be concrete proposals on the table to discuss, but the union has been clear that if nothing changes, more strikes could be coming down the track. katy austin there in birmingham. now, to the us and the news that has emerged in the last hour or so. actor alec baldwin has reached a settlement with the family of halyna hutchins who was killed on the set of his movie rust, 42—year—old halyna hutchins was shot when a live round was discharged from a gun on set being used by mr baldwin. a civil case had been brought by halyna hutchins' family against mr baldwin and others involved in the production of the film, accusing them of reckless behaviour and other

an agreement has been reached and the fillmore resume production. let's cross now to washington and speak to our correspondent emma vardy. several elements to all of this, m0, but let's just several elements to all of this, m0, but let'sjust remind several elements to all of this, m0, but let's just remind people, because halyna hutchins, very talented, she left a husband and a little boy and there had been a legal case ongoing, to just explain what has happened here.— what has happened here. that's riaht, what has happened here. that's right. she _ what has happened here. that's right. she was _ what has happened here. that's right, she was a _ what has happened here. that's right, she was a very _ what has happened here. that's i right, she was a very experienced cinematographer when she was killed this time last year, when that film was being shot out in new mexico. they were getting to film this action scene when that fatal incident happened, and in the wake of that, as you say, the civil case was brought by halyna hutchins's loved ones, herfamily, against alec baldwin and the producers of the film, essentially saying safety standards were not up to scratch onset, that there had been cost—cutting measures which may have to shifted to this fatal incident in which she was killed, but we heard today and last hour this statement

from halyna hutchins's husband and alec baldwin's lawyers saying the case has now been settled. that case, the civil side of it, anyway, has been dismissed. we do not know the terms of the sediment, but the statement was pretty telling. he said, we have reached a settlement and i have no interest in going into greek terminations or at accusations of blame. they believe it was an accident and they want to continue filming with all the original cast, as it should be to her, as it was her last word. that filming will continue injanuary, but that is not necessarily the end of this, because somebody or several people could still face criminal prosecution if it is deemed that they were responsible for the incident which led to her death, and that investigation is still ongoing. s. investigation is still ongoing. s, and i wonder whether there will be surprised within the film industry that all be included with the

family's lessing, will resume —— albeit with the family's blessing for this was extraordinary at the time, that a proper have any live rounds in it. he was staggering to anybody who worked in the industry.— worked in the industry. yeah, devastating. _ worked in the industry. yeah, devastating, caused - worked in the industry. yeah, devastating, caused huge - worked in the industry. yeah, - devastating, caused huge amount of upset at the time and there are still a huge amount of uncertain —— unanswered questions. when alec baldwin gave an interview to see an end, there were questions as to who gave him the gun, how a live round ended up in that gun and there seems to be a blame game going on, but it seems that the cast and crew and her family have been able to get back together, to get to a point where they are able to continue filming, but when these accidents happen, and it is not the first time some but he has been killed on a film set when using a prop gun, it leads to debate about the industry, about what types of weapons should be used onset,

whether cgi and be used in future instead of anything that could be particularly risky, and it echoes the famous incident when brandon lee was killed many years ago. still questions to answer about whether protocols were upheld, maybe industry practices may change in future and whether anybody may face criminal prosecution. for future and whether anybody may face criminal prosecution.— criminal prosecution. for now, thank ou ve criminal prosecution. for now, thank you very much- _ criminal prosecution. for now, thank you very much. emma _ criminal prosecution. for now, thank you very much. emma vardy - criminal prosecution. for now, thank. you very much. emma vardy following that story for us in washington. all 43 police forces in england and wales have committed to sending an officer to every report of a home burglary. it's hoped the pledge will help more cases reach court. the chairman of the national police chiefs' council said the commitment was also aimed at giving people "peace of mind". alex mayes is from the charity victim support. off the bat, it is very welcome news. it might be a little overdue. and let me tell you why. as you

said, it might drive up prosecutions, but also victims of crime, if you have the misfortune to be a victim of burglary, you deserve the police to come out, someone to provide that reassurance. i think it is fair to say, in recent years, that has not happened in every case, so this is going to change today. ieruihidi this is going to change today. which other crimes. _ this is going to change today. which other crimes, though, _ this is going to change today. which other crimes, though, are _ this is going to change today. which other crimes, though, are going to miss out? we've only got so many officers to go around. i miss out? we've only got so many officers to go around.— officers to go around. i don't really see — officers to go around. i don't really see it _ officers to go around. i don't really see it as _ officers to go around. i don't really see it as a _ officers to go around. i don't really see it as a zero-sum l officers to go around. i don't - really see it as a zero-sum game. i really see it as a zero—sum game. i do not necessarily think bodies working on one crime are taken away from another crime. i think if you a victim of crime and you go to the police, you deserve that response, and if you look at burglary in particular, it is really fair to say that the response to burglary has not been great. the policing inspectorate published a pretty damning report over the summer, that

burglaries not in the skin properly, victims were not given support, and if you look at statistics around prosecutions, they fairly poor. 0nly prosecutions, they fairly poor. only about 4% in england and wales result in a charge, so it is quite clear changes need to be made and southee needs to be done, so making the announcements today are really welcome for victims of burglary, but i do not see it as supporting victims of burglary and taking away from victims of other crimes. alex mayes from victim support. a 14—year—old boy who was stabbed and killed in gateshead has been named. tomasz 0leszak died in the early hours of yesterday after being injured on monday night. a 14—year—old boy arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody, as does a 13—year—old girl, who is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. 0ur correspondent mark denten has been in gateshead, where police searches have continued today. they tell us, northumberland police, that their investigation is very

much ongoing. as you said, a few hours ago, they named the 14—year—old who died as tomasz 0leszak. tomasz, we are told, was a keen sportsman and a member of the under 15 football club which i just played its last match on sunday, just the day before he died. tomasz was attacked and stabbed around eight o'clock, we are told, on monday night. he was taken to hospital full stuff sadly, he died in the early hours of tuesday morning. police at the moment are continuing to question two teenagers. the first, a 14—year—old boy who was arrested on suspicion of murder and the second, a 13—year—old girl who has been detained on suspicion of assisting an offender. both those teenagers at the moment are still in custody. police have thinks people on this housing estate here in gateshead for their assistance and information that they provided, but they've asked people not to speculate about tomasz�*s death, because they say what might

seem an innocent social media post could actually hamper their investigation. they do tell us that the family of tomasz are devastated beyond belief. the family of tomasz are devastated beyond belief-— beyond belief. mark denten there in gateshead. much _ beyond belief. mark denten there in gateshead. much more coming - beyond belief. mark denten there in gateshead. much more coming up l in the next half—hour, but right now we will have a look at the weather prospects. most of us will see some rain at some stage today. most of us are ending the day with bright skies. some heavy showers around in cumbria. a lot of the showers going to fade away into tonight. you will see where they keep on going, though, particularly across western parts of scotland. much cooler than last night, especially in wales and england. 5—10 cooler than it was this morning. there will be a few showers in going again. a cloudy zone across north wales, northern england, with some showery rain

developing here. largely staying dry further south. gust of wind stronger than this, 40—50 mph, across northern areas, and it will be on the cool side in northern england and scotland, some sunshine towards the southeast. 20, 20 one celsius. turning lesser in the end of the day and scotland for saturday, across the uk, looks mainly dry —— turning wetter. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: after a u—turn on tax and a possible squeeze on benefits, the prime minister spoke about growth and trying to sell her economic vision in herfirst trying to sell her economic vision in her first speech to the conservative party conference as leader. ukraine's president says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances, and have liberated dozens of villagers from russian forces. here, there has been another day of

disruption for rail passengers, as 9000 train drivers take part in a strike about pay. police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop a long—term brain conditions. hundreds of new cases of alleged abuse by officials in the church of england have been uncovered by an independent review. most involve children or vulnerable adults. leading archbishops have apologised — and spoken of their profound shame. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool, has been at church house in central london to hear the details. the church of england says it is the most extensive review of past cases it has ever undertaken but it's only undertaken this because the last review they did, which they published in 2010,

was heavily criticised because it came up with the number of 13 cases that needed further action and an independent reviewer said, well, go back and do it again because we think it is much more and you need to change the terms of reference. this time they have gone back and come up with a figure of 383 new cases which all need further assessment and in some cases, further action. but what we don't have in the report is details of the cases themselves and we know that they range from all kinds of things from administrative errors in passing on information from one diocese to another, or cases when they should have referred people to the police and we are talking about perpetrators who are members of the clergy, church offices of the clergy, church officers and also volunteers and these cases, the most part, refer to abuse that was perpetrated

against children and vulnerable adults, and the report also is very damning, bearing in mind we have had all of these reports and reviews in the past. it was damning about the culture that still exists in dealing with abuse within the church and it talked about inaction, inertia, deference to people in positions of power, so a lot still to do. much more coming up in this half hour, we are going to talk about the extraordinary continuing protests in iran among other stories. right now we will pause and take a look at the day's latest sports news. good evening everyone, we will start with boxing, there has been another twist in the corner ben versus chris eubankjunior bout. the satyrs in

——... trace amounts of a fertility drug. promoters say he has not been suspended, and is free to fight in london because his sample is yet to be tested. the governing body issued a statement which appeared to place the fight in doubt. he addressed the situation earlier. i the fight in doubt. he addressed the situation earlier.— situation earlier. i have not committed _ situation earlier. i have not committed any _ situation earlier. i have not committed any violations, l situation earlier. i have notj committed any violations, i situation earlier. i have not - committed any violations, i have not been suspended, as far as i'm concerned the fight is still going ahead. i've spoken to chris personally, and we both want the fight to go ahead. we have taken medical and legal advice, and we want the fight to happen for the fans. i have signed up to every voluntary anti—doping testing there is under the sun. all my tests have come back negative throughout my whole career, i have never had any issues before. even in the lead up to the fight mike tyson, negative, so my team will find out why there has been an initialfinding in my

tests. worcester warriors players and staff are to have their contracts terminated, following part of the club being wound up in the high court. hmrc had been pursuing worcester, who are suspended from all competitions, since august for unpaid tax of around six million pounds. the arm of the club that employs all players and staff was wound up at a hearing in the high court this morning. it means all contracts are terminated and all debts remain unpaid and outstanding. four players who went out on loan to bath on monday and the rest of the squad are now free agents so can sign for any club. worcester warriors playerjoe batley has said the last few months had been incredibly tough. seeing the boys faces today has been super emotional. the last few months have been very tough, we have had a couple of cries in the car on the way home, thinking about how we're going to this to my partner who is with my one—year—old son. it has

been a very tough hour, but it has been a very tough hour, but it has been an even tougher few months. scottish champions celtic kick off in just under fifteen minutes in their crucial champions league meeting with rb leipzig. celtic have never won an away european match in germany in thirteen previous attempts. in the later kick offs, chelsea manager graham potter is looking for his first win in the champions league as they host italian giants ac milan. manchester city will be looking to maintain their one hundred per cent record in the competition playing fc copenhagen at home. ukraine hasjoined spain and portugal in a joint bid to host the 2030 fifa world cup. the new partnership was confirmed by the spanish football federation and the portuguese football federation during a news conference at the swiss headquarters of uefa, european soccer�*s governing body. the bid for the 2030 tournament is backed by uefa and will compete against other candidacies such as a collaboration between egypt, greece and saudi arabia,

and a joint south american proposal from uruguay, argentina, paraguay and chile. netball, and england roses will play the first of three international matches against uganda tonight. it will be england's first match since their fourth—place finish at the commonwealth games in birmingham and it marks the start of their preparations for the world cup in south africa injuly 2023. coachjess thirlby has opted to give opportunity in the uganda series to some fresh faces. the fact that we are meeting world—class opposition so soon after the commonwealth games turned their attention firmly onto the world cup. it is very much about looking forward now, and i think we are playing brilliant teams. uganda may be ranked sixth in the world compared to an australia who were the number one ranked team and have been for such a sustained period of time, that the challenges in relative terms are still brilliant for us. that's all the sport for now. chetan and the team

will have more for you in sportsday at half past six. jane. elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long—term brain conditions, according to a new study. researchers who examined the medical records of former rugby union internationals, found that they were signficantly more prone to neuro—degenerative illness. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. playing contact sports like rugby always comes with an element of risk. but in recent years, there have been growing concerns over what effect repeated head impacts might have on the brain.

and i say, no, it wasn't, because i'd rather not be such a burden on the family. now a new study throws fresh light on the risks to brain health of top level rugby players. researchers looked at the medical records of more than 400 scottish male rugby players who represented their country. they compared them to 1,200 matched members of the public. they found the rugby players faced more than twice the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, parkinson's and motor neurone disease. all sport has to question its relationship with head injuries and head impacts, and rugby is doing that. rugby is trying to figure out ways to improve the game, to reduce the risk of head injuries and head impacts. i think it's a slow pace of change, and data like this today suggests that the rate of change should be quicker. a study by the same glasgow university team led

to concerns about the effect that repeatedly heading a ball might have on the brains of professional footballers, and as the evidence of a link between head impacts and illness grows, campaigners are calling for sport's ruling bodies to move faster. we're learning from people like steve thompson that taking too many hits to the head can destroy your mental well—being by yourforties, and nobody is going to step forward to keep playing this game once we realise how widespread this is. in a statement, world rugby said it was committed to making the sport the most progressive in the world on player welfare. but some will ask how a game like professional rugby, that thrives on collisions between heavily built players, can eliminate the risk of concussion and head impacts without changing the very nature of the game itself. dominic hughes, bbc news. and there is more on steve thompson's story in the programme �*head on: rugby, dementia and me' tonight at 9pm on bbc two

and on the bbc iplayer. despite the crackdown by security forces, protests in iran are gathering in strength. schoolgirls have beenjoining in, throwing off headscarves and calling for the government to be toppled. but the regime blames the united states and other countries for organising the demonstrations. and iran's foreign ministry summoned the british ambassador in tehran yesterday in reaction to what has been called "interventionist "comments" by the british foreign ministry. these are the videos iran doesn't want you to see. police firing in the streets. women cutting their hair, burning hijabs in rage. students' demonstrations. people have taken to the streets across iran, angry at the government after a woman died

while in police custody. the bbc has been tracking and analysing hundreds of videos, mapping the unprecedented spread of this protest movement. the iranian government has tried to shut down internet access. disinformation is spreading across state and social media. here's why this movement is unlike any iran's seen before. it all started with the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini, arrested by the morality police in tehran for wearing her hijab loosely. multiple sources said she was beaten in a police truck while in custody. the state released cctv footage claiming no violence occurred and she collapsed from a heart attack. the news sparked fury. at herfuneral, women

ripped their headscarves off in solidarity. with restrictions on reporting on the ground, videos shared online are vital evidence in understanding how things are unfolding. the bbc and independent media are not allowed to report from iran, butjournalists across bbc persian and bbc monitoring have been gathering videos from social media and speaking to witnesses, tracking where protests broke out in the first few weeks. by using landmarks like this monument and these signs and checking it against satellite images and pictures of the streets, the team can pinpoint the location of protests. we've analysed more than 1000 videos and compared our work to reporting from the armed conflict location and events data project, verifying at least 300 protests since amini's death. in just 16 days it's clearjust how quickly and widely civil unrest

has spread across iran. but it's also the nature of these protests that has been unprecedented. women publicly cutting their hair off, defying iranian modesty laws, confronting the riot police, plainclothes officers travelling with police, stopping to violently beat protesters. these images have struck a chord with iranians. today's authorities are suppressing mobile data access in an attempt to control the narrative and stifle the ability to share videos online. we could track this by looking at key hashtags used by protesters. they drop off significantly as these restrictions increase. the government have painted protesters as vandals, accusing them of destroying ambulances. the bbc team has found footage showing this isn't the whole picture. people have warned

that ambulances are being used by security forces to transport detainees. you can see people escaping from them. video also shows ambulances driving into police stations. the situation remains volatile. dozens have reportedly died in the demonstrations, fuelling the fury against escalating government oppression. mahsa's death has created a tidal wave of opposition unlike anything seen in iran for decades. rana rahimpour is from bbc persian. she explain more about these ongoing protests.

she was showing a bit of hair and a few days later she ended up in hospital and then she dies. the authorities said nothing had happened, but her parents believe she was killed. that sparked huge protests in the country and now we are in week three of those protests and originally it was people in their 20s, but in the last three days many schoolgirls have joined these protests as well. we will keep you up—to—date all the time with those continuing protests in iran. the world's richest person, elon musk, has agreed to go ahead with buying the social media website twitter at the original agreed price. he's spent months trying to back out of the 44 billion dollar deal — saying he'd been misled about the number of fake accounts on the site. here's our technology editor zoe kleinman. twitter and elon musk have been locked in a rather tortuous dance

for the last six months. both parties have changed their minds at various points as to whether they wanted to go ahead with the deal, which was for more than the firm was actually worth, and in less than two weeks, they were due to face each other in court. elon musk is a prolific twitter user himself, with 107 million followers, and he claims that the platform was more bloated with fake accounts and bots than it was letting on. bots can be malicious and negative, so it's fair to be concerned, but he didn't know and he said twitter couldn't tell him how many bots there were on the platform, which is quite a crude metric to go by. twitter was worried about musk�*s desire to have less moderation, a tricky line to walk in the face of regulation. lately, he's been uncharacteristically quiet about his ambitions for his favourite social network, apart from a tweet last night about the creation of what he called "x, the everything app". it could be that the world's richest man is eyeing china, where the super—app wechat is a one—stop shop for messaging,

social media, making payments and ordering takeaways. there's nothing like that over here — for now. although as always with elon musk, you never know if he'll stick to his plans. zoe kleinman, bbc news. the rocket company spacex have launched endurance. the launch took place in florida. the crew includes a russian cosmonaut, two americans and ajapanese a russian cosmonaut, two americans and a japanese astronaut. the crew are due to reach the international space station in 30 hours or so. the parents of a newborn baby say a miracle dna test changed their life after it ruled out cancer. 0liver bell from st neots in cambridgeshire was born

with a large tumour on his leg. traditional tests indicated he had cancer and had to have chemotherapy. but a new test on the dna of the tumour found it wasn't cancerous. now, it's hoped whole genome sequencing will more accurately diagnose children across the country. nicki fox reports. baby 0liver at home without a feeding tube and free from drugs. all thanks to what his parents call a wonder test. he was still in his mother's womb when a tumour on his leg was first noticed. when he was born, it was six centimetres wide. you kind of felt numb, you didn't really know what to do and being told that there is potential chemotherapy around the corner was just heartbreaking, honestly, honestly, it really was. you just think about how it's going to affect straightaway all the things that you wanted to do when he was first born. he'sjust not going to be able to do. 0lder tests would have indicated cancer, so 0liver would have automatically been placed on chemotherapy. but the nhs now offers whole genome sequencing,

which tests the children to make sure it's definitely cancer they have got. when it came back, it was like a miracle, really. to come back and actually, oh, everything that you have been told, we'll backtrack and actually, he doesn't have to have any of the chemotherapy, the pain, the hurt. so how did the test work? all tumours have dna and genetic codes in 0liver�*s tumour was compared to the dna in his blood. it showed a mutation that couldn't be spotted on traditional tests. it completely changed his diagnosis. we didn't actually. have to do anything. we didn't have to- consider chemotherapy, we didn't have to— consider chemotherapy, consider chemotherapy, we didn't have to cut it out, the tumourjust started to shrink on its own. - adam brooks was one of the first hospitals to offer whole genome sequencing. it is hoped that even more young people with different conditions will be able to be tested

at the planned new children's hospital in cambridge. the east is the only region without a dedicated paediatric hospital. if you are going through this with a child with this with a child with a tumour, please ask for this test. they can offer it in different places as well, but it is so, so important to do it, because obviously we don't have to go through any of that heartache and he does not have to go through any of the pain either. it's changed our lives completely, hasn't it? personalised care that is accurate and works. the nhs at its best. nicki fox, bbc look east. north korea's launch of a ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday has elicited a robust response from the us and south korea. both countries have fired missiles of their own off the japanese coast. seoul said four short range weapons were used to deter further provocations from pyongyang. washington and seoul also carried out a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate their readiness to react to the threat from pyongyang with more than just words.

north korea's missile was the fifth in the last few days. it travelled about 4 and a half thousand kilometres before falling into the pacific ocean. the world health organization says it's stepping up its response to a deadly outbreak of cholera in haiti, as weeks of anti—government protests have contributed to a worsening health problem. the who says it's setting up cholera treatment centres in tents, and making bulk orders of oral vaccines. it says the situation in gang—controlled areas is of particular concern. eight people died in the latest outbreak. the prince of wales has been visiting england's national football centre at st george's park, to mark its 10th anniversary as the home of english football. prince william met with some young players at the grounds.

he took over from prince andrew as president of the fa in 2006. today is the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first james bond film — dr no. to celebrate, a concert was staged last night in london, dedicated to bond themes. none other than dame shirley bassey stole the show — with renditions of diamonds are forever and goldfinger. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was there. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever...# dame shirley bassey, belting out bond — the 85—year—old the undoubted star attraction at a royal albert hall concert to celebrate 60 years of 007 themes. he wouldn't take the coat. afterwards, backstage, dame shirley was everything you would hope for... i'm ready. and my diamonds are ready. ..refusing to do interviews

until she'd had a massive gold cape attached, and then gushing about the reception she'd received. standing ovation there, dame shirley. oh, how about that? and my musical director had to play it over four times instead of two because i could not start to sing because everybody was standing up and applauding and... and i... it was... it was so touching, it was fabulous. # goldfinger! what role would you describe those bond songs playing in your life? great! goldfingerfirst — i mean, it went round the world, it made me world—famous. how many have they done? 20...? 25. 25! and we're still waiting for anotherjames bond, yeah. wow. well, keep your fingers crossed! thank you. # the man with the golden gun will get it done! lulu performed her theme to the man with the golden gun —

although it turns out it's far from herfavourite bond song. i think mccartney's was fantastic. and i think there'sjust so many great ones that, you know, if you're greedy like me, you think, "oh, i wish i would have done that one." i admire your luck, mr. ..? bond. james bond. the concert was organised to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. this way, 007. be careful, it's a trifle slippery. and planning's under way for the 26th — the start of the post—daniel craig era. and how is the search going? it's not going just yet. why not? we have a lot of work to do before we start looking for casting the role. i mean, we have to kind of, you know, reboot the whole series, we have to think about what the storyline is going to be, and the trajectory. and so it's... we've got a lot of work to do. # and ever! and, of course, there

will be another bond song. colin paterson, bbc news. now it is time for a look at the weather. there are still hit heavy showers to be had in places. we have the rain that we had earlier now clearing up, there's barely anything there in the south—east of england. the sun has come out, you can see showers around, some of which are quite heavy and thundery. the picture tomorrow, isobars close together, still windy out there, and some weaker weather fronts coming in across northern areas, a little rain in places. this is the story through this evening and overnight, still

dealing with heavy downpours and places, a lot of them are going to fade or continue running into scotland, especially in the west. a few into northern ireland. for many places dry and cool spells overnight, for wales and england five to 10 degrees cooler than it was last night. still if few showers in scotland and northern ireland, and notice this cloudier zone running through wales and northern england. that will have some showery rain associated with it. south—west england may catch shower, most won't. rain gathering again in western scotland is the day it comes to an end. these are your average wind speeds, there will be stronger gusts across northern areas, in particular a0 to 50 mph, above 50 in the northern animals. —— the northern isles. 19, 20, maybe even 21 degrees later in the afternoon.

we are going to see further outbreaks of rain, pushing into northern ireland as well. it will be a little bit milder going into friday morning. the friday whether story is a spell of rain, and here it is, starting off in scotland and northern ireland, and gradually moving south of england and wales later that day. not reaching south—eastern parts until very later in the afternoon, and behind that there will be some sunny spells, a few blustery showers, it remains quite windy on friday. it could be really quite gusty with this band of wet weather working its way southwards, and turning cooler behind that system. we have high pressure building on for the start of the weekend, that will bring a cooler but largely fine day, it is only for the start of the weekend. more weather fronts with outbreaks of rain in northern and western areas by the time we get sunday, but across southern and eastern parts of england you may not see the rain again, it will be a mainly dry weekend.

at six... the prime minister says she's ready to make hard choices to get britain moving. addressing her first party conference as leader, liz truss said the government's task was difficult but necessary and they must stay the course. whenever there is change, there is disruption, and not everybody will be in favour of change, but everyone will benefit from the results. a growing economy and a better future. applause. we'll be getting the verdict from voters and businesses in a marginal tory seat. today the pound has fallen against the dollar and the euro — and government borrowing costs have risen again. also on the programme...

the average two year mortgage rate hits its highest level for 1a years. if you're burgled in england and wales,